Natascha Beinker heads the Division for Climate Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

She is a seasoned economist with broad expertise in international cooperation and development and more than 20 years’ experience across public policy, diplomacy, and the private sector, with a particular focus on financial inclusion, sustainable finance, private-sector engagement, and development finance.

From 2023 to 2025 she served as Window Manager of the Social Protection Response Umbrella Trust Funds at the World Bank. Earlier, she led BMZ’s Division for Organizational Development and Change Management and held multiple responsibilities in financial sector development; in that role she represented Germany in the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) — the G20 working group on financial inclusion — and chaired the Partnership during the German G20 Presidency. During this period, she also served in various international functions, including as Executive Committee member of the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) and as Germany’s representative to the Council of Governors of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). From 2008 to 2012 she was Head of Development Cooperation at the German Embassy in Kenya. Before joining BMZ she worked in strategic marketing at DHL and as a business journalist.

She studied economics and political science at the University of Bonn (Germany) and the University of British Columbia (Canada) and holds a master’s degree in economics.